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Modern Fairy Tale: A Story For Every Intern

Today I had a quick chat with, Thien Le [@thien_le] , a fashion designer  about interns. I told him a story about a famous singer who followed her dream, Sang A Im-Propp.

Many years ago, Sang A was a successful singer and actress in Korean entertainment industry. By the age of 26, Sang A was one of Korea’s most promising celebrities. On a business trip to New York, the pop star realized that her true love is fashion and enrolled at Parsons. Not long after that the “Gwen Stefani” of South Korea found her real life version of “The Devil Wears Prada”. Sang A got an internship with Victoria Bartlett, a noted stylist and designer. The diva had to run around city to get Ms Barlett’s favorite cupcakes in New York cold winter. Most people would quit after the cupcake runs, but the Korean diva did not leave the spotlight to be a quitter. She lived up to Ms. Bartlett’s expectations, worked hard, and gained a lot of fashion experience in the end. Ms. Bartlett introduced her to the glamorous world of design and helped her start her first collection of handbags. SANG A collection has been successful since it launched in 2006. She’s become a hit on the red carpet with celebrities such as Blake Lively, Rihanna, Kerry Washington and Freida Pinto who love her quirky take on the evening clutch

Even a diva had to start from the bottom.  Nobody wants to be an intern but there is not room for everyone to be the boss. If life was easy, everyone would be successful. Every successful person had to pay a price at some point. He has to feel the pain in order to feel his success.

Life is only a fairy tale if hard work is your fairy godmother.

Hard work is the best way to learn and reach success. If you don’t want to feel the pain, you might have to experience it at later point in life and it won’t be easier.  Of course there are good internship and  bad one. It does not matter which one you have, at the end of the day you will learn something, a life lesson.

It is your turn. Tell me about an internship that you had and what did you learned from it.

Photo: Wikipedia

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32 thoughts on “Modern Fairy Tale: A Story For Every Intern

  1. ZeminaMeghji

    17 Nov on 2011 at 9:06 am

    “Life is only a fairy tale if hard work is your fairy godmother.” Dig it! RT @cammipham My new post Modern Fairy Tale: http://t.co/yKqPTWdH

    • cammipham

      17 Nov on 2011 at 9:12 am

      @ZeminaMeghji it is true :) thanks for drop by my blog

      • ZeminaMeghji

        17 Nov on 2011 at 7:08 pm

        @cammipham My pleasure!

  2. cammipham

    17 Nov on 2011 at 9:12 am

    @GhostWriter556 thanks for the RT dear how r u

  3. cammipham

    17 Nov on 2011 at 9:30 am

    @Sparkle_Agency :) how are you debbie

  4. cammipham

    17 Nov on 2011 at 10:06 am

    @anniecannie thanks for the RT what do you think

    • anniecannie

      17 Nov on 2011 at 10:08 am

      @cammipham I loved the intern post… hard work always pays off even if it means running for that cupcake!!

      • cammipham

        17 Nov on 2011 at 10:10 am

        @anniecannie and she was a diva…..its huge in asia if you are celebrity…so admire @sanga

  5. noellachoi

    24 Nov on 2011 at 9:34 pm

    @cammipham Not bad. Keeping busy with work. How are you? =)

  6. m4rgotmarg0t

    21 Jan on 2012 at 9:22 pm

    @cammipham I just started my internship and it felt really great to read this ! Thank you so much ! Makes me wanna work even harder !

  7. kristaneca

    04 Feb on 2012 at 2:40 am

    @cammipham hi cam

    • cammipham

      05 Feb on 2012 at 1:00 pm

      @kristaneca its cammi actually hi how are you

      • kristaneca

        06 Feb on 2012 at 3:55 am

        @cammipham #Ohh I’m good cammi, how #bout you?

        • cammipham

          06 Feb on 2012 at 1:21 pm

          @kristaneca doing very well

        • kristaneca

          06 Feb on 2012 at 1:27 pm

          @cammipham how’s Canada?

  8. boulevarree

    01 Mar on 2012 at 2:23 am

    @cammipham loving the posts on your website. ;)

    • cammipham

      01 Mar on 2012 at 11:18 am

      @boulevarree i am glad you like it dear

  9. shanelle_mullin

    06 Mar on 2012 at 2:37 pm

    @cammipham “Life is only a fairy tale if hard work is your fairy godmother.” Great insight.

    • cammipham

      06 Mar on 2012 at 3:40 pm

      @shanelle_mullin i am glad you like it

  10. catsfaith

    09 Mar on 2012 at 3:43 pm

    “On a business trip to New York, the pop star realized that her true love is fashion and enrolled at Parsons.”
    Found what she wanted and went with that as her goal, not all are willing to do that. 

    • cammipham

      11 Mar on 2012 at 3:13 pm

       @catsfaith Most of us wouldnt….it is much harder when you are already successful like her….i really admire her

  11. cammipham

    19 Mar on 2012 at 9:58 pm

    @sanaansariTo thanks dear :)

  12. curtisharwell

    03 May on 2012 at 2:12 pm

    #SEXYMUSCLEThursday @cammipham

  13. THER3ALZIGG

    21 May on 2012 at 7:02 am

    @cammipham good morning

  14. FashionGuru2You

    11 Jun on 2012 at 4:23 pm

    @cammipham I love your Bio! It’s so cute!

  15. manikinger

    27 Jun on 2012 at 2:58 am

    @cammipham Life is a lesson. Indeed.

    • cammipham

      27 Jun on 2012 at 10:47 am

      @manikinger :)

  16. cammipham

    27 Jun on 2012 at 10:51 am

    @arkarthick thanks how are you dear

    • arkarthick

      27 Jun on 2012 at 11:03 am

      @cammipham Fine here, Cammi. Thank you & hope you’re too! :)

      • cammipham

        27 Jun on 2012 at 11:12 am

        @arkarthick :) whats new with you

        • arkarthick

          27 Jun on 2012 at 11:13 am

          @cammipham Fresh startup ideas! :)

        • cammipham

          27 Jun on 2012 at 11:16 am

          @arkarthick this sounds like fun …cant wait to hear more about it when you can share

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